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What do surgeon's do on a daily basis?
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Sean’s Answer
Clinically active surgeons often have multiple commitments each week:
- 1 to 3 days of clinic each week where they exam, evaluate, and counsel new patients.
- 1 to 3 days of surgery and procedures (including lump removal, upper endoscopy and colonoscopies) in which they perform cases with a team to help their patients.
- If the surgeon is taking care of patient's in the hospital, they see their patient's every day, and sometimes see their partner's patients as well to help out and work as a team.
- Most surgeons also take call. This means that at anytime (while on call), the hospital, emergency department, or someone else could call them for advice or a new consult and sometimes they need to stop what they are doing and urgently evaluate the patient, occasionally even performing urgent or emergent surgery.
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sean
- 1 to 3 days of clinic each week where they exam, evaluate, and counsel new patients.
- 1 to 3 days of surgery and procedures (including lump removal, upper endoscopy and colonoscopies) in which they perform cases with a team to help their patients.
- If the surgeon is taking care of patient's in the hospital, they see their patient's every day, and sometimes see their partner's patients as well to help out and work as a team.
- Most surgeons also take call. This means that at anytime (while on call), the hospital, emergency department, or someone else could call them for advice or a new consult and sometimes they need to stop what they are doing and urgently evaluate the patient, occasionally even performing urgent or emergent surgery.
thanks,
sean
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Richard’s Answer
Clinic: Evaluate patients prior to surgery. Explain the options including alternative to surgery. Follow up with patients after surgery looking for possible complications.
OR: Perform the surgery with a team including scrub techs, nurses and anesthesiologists.
Rounds: Evaluate patients who are admitted to the hospital before and after surgery.
ER: take calls from ER doctors who are consulting for possible surgical admission.
OR: Perform the surgery with a team including scrub techs, nurses and anesthesiologists.
Rounds: Evaluate patients who are admitted to the hospital before and after surgery.
ER: take calls from ER doctors who are consulting for possible surgical admission.
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Estelle’s Answer
I have been a gynecologic surgeon for 30 years. I perform major surgeries one day per week and admit those patients to the hospital. I perform minor (day surgery) cases one morning per week. Otherwise, I am in my clinic performing regular exams, evaluating problems, performing preop and postop exams, and overseeing nurse practitioners